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01 of 09Filling up a lorry with pomace for delivery to nearby farms

02 of 09Distillery worker preparing a hydraulic accordion-press to squeeze juice from chopped apples

03 of 09Apples are washed in a water-filled conveyer that snakes around the mill house

04 of 09Raw cider is collected in a tank in the mill house

05 of 09Apples outside the mill house

06 of 09Applejack brandy, Laird’s most popular product

07 of 09Orchard near the distillery where apples are harvested in early September, at the peak of their sweetness

08 of 09Lisa Laird Dunn, co-owner of Laird & Company, and master distiller Danny Swanson

09 of 09Directions to the entrance of the Laird & Company site